Obituaries
Mary Fenger
Jan 11, 2011
Mary Roberta Fenger was born on January 20, 1950 in Springfield, MN, the daughter of Robert and Verna (Siedschlag) Wille. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Wabasso. She attended and graduated from Wabasso Public High School in 1968. Mary worked for Honey Well in Minneapolis before marriage. On January 26, 1969 Mary was united...
Art Granheim
Jan 10, 2011
Art Granheim, age 82, of St. James died on Monday, January 10, 2011, at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Arthur Reuben Granheim was born April 4, 1928, on the family farm, in Long Lake Township, Watonwan County and baptized in Long Lake Lutheran Church. As a child, with his younger sisters, June and Arlene, he lived...
Sue Nelson
Jan 10, 2011
Sue Smith Nelson was born September 11, 1935, in Madisonville, KY the daughter of William Hobart and Willie Florence (Bennett) Smith. Sue graduated from high school and attended Sheriff's training before becoming the first female Deputy Sheriff of Warren County in Kentucky. She later served as Deputy Sheriff in Broward County, FL. Sue then became a journalist for several...
Marie Wiens
Jan 10, 2011
Marie Wiens, age 100 of Mountain Lake, MN, died Monday, January 10, 2011, at Boutwell Assisted Living Center in Stillwater. In lieu of flowers, donations to Cornerstone Bible Church are preferred. Please send to 1019 Prince Street, Mountain Lake, MN 56159. Marie Martha Wall Wiens was born in Henderson, Nebraska in 1910 to Abraham C. Wall and Margaretha (Wiens)...
Cora Hovden
Jan 7, 2011
Cora Grace Nichtern was born on December 17, 1908 to John H. and Marguerite Ann (McFarland) Nichtern at Renwick, Iowa. She graduated from Graettinger High School at the age of 16. After graduation she attended Normal Training in Windom, MN which was required to teach in a country school. She married Arthur Hovden on March 15, 1931 and together...
Lynn Balbach
Jan 7, 2011
Lynn Bud George Balbach was born on April 9, 1918 on the family farm in Stately Township, the son of George W. and Lillie (Potter) Balbach. Bud attended Dotson country school and graduated from Springfield High School. He entered the U.S. Army in June of 1941 and served in New Guinea, the Philippines, and then Korea. He was discharged...
Wayne Holmquist
Jan 5, 2011
Wayne Holmquist, age 70, of St. James, died on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia. Wayne Dennis Holmquist was born to Ted and Erin (Gustafson) Holmquist on December 25, 1940. He attended County School District 36, and graduated from St. James High School in 1958. After graduation he enlisted in the National Guard and...
Lois Gentz
Jan 2, 2011
Lois Rowene Gentz was born on October 4, 1922 in Stately Township, the daughter of Henry and Jennie ( Landis) Veenstra. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1940 and attended Minneapolis School of Business. Lois was united in marriage to Victor Gentz on March 1, 1949 at the Mankato Methodist Church. She was involved with the 4-H, Cub...
Lloyd Strong
Jan 1, 2011
Lloyd Elmer Peanuts Strong was born on June 5th 1933, the son of Roy and Anna (Weiss) Strong in Sleepy Eye MN. He grew up in Home Township near Golden Gate. He served in the Army from 1952 to 1954 stationed mainly in Germany. He married Eleanor Zuhlsdorf on May 9th 1956. Lloyd drove truck for Moorman's Feed Company...
Minnie Franz
Dec 30, 2010
Minnie Franz was born on May 18, 1913 to Henry and Elizabeth (Seimen) Franz. She grew up on a farm near Delft, MN and went to German school in Mountain Lake, MN. Minnie married Ervin Goertzen on February 22, 1936. They farmed west of Mountain Lake, MN and later moved to town where Ervin was employed at Land O'Lakes...
Donna Roiger
Dec 30, 2010
Donna Mae Roiger was born on February 1, 1933 in New Ulm, MN, the daughter of Albert J. and Elvira (Richter) Gag. She attended and graduated from Holy Trinity in New Ulm, MN. Following her education she worked at Woolworth in New Ulm. On August 22, 1955 she was united in marriage to Marvin Roiger at Holy Trinity in...
James Henrichs
Dec 26, 2010
James Warren Henrichs was born on August 20, 1944 in Puyallup, WA, the son of Warren Louise (Balck) Henrichs. He attended school in Evan, MN and later in Sleepy Eye. Jim married Sharon Roberts on February 12, 1968 in Elkton, SD. The couple made their home in Sleepy Eye where Jim worked at Schwartz Farms for many years. He...
Vonnie Tadewald
Dec 25, 2010
Vonnie Tadewald, age 66, died on Saturday, December 25, 2010 with her family at her side at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield, MN. Vonnie was born on July 19, 1944 at Tracy Community Hospital to Leonard and Thelma (Knutson) Paulson. Vonnie graduated from Lamberton High School. She met Neil Tadewald on a blind date arranged by friends and...
Geneva Anderson
Dec 24, 2010
Geneva Anderson, age 92, of St. James died on Friday, December 24, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Center in Jackson, MN. Geneva May Herthel was born on April 14, 1918, in Rockwell City, Iowa, the daughter of Virgil and Leota (Imm) Herthel. She grew up in Jeffers, MN, where she attended Jeffers High School. On March 10, 1940, she...
Joel Rathman
Dec 24, 2010
Joel E. Rathman was born on July 21, 1960 in Comfrey, MN the son of Robert Barb (Callanan) Rathman. He graduated from St. Mary's High School in Sleepy Eye in 1978. Joel was employed by M M Underground, Inc. in Engelwood, CO since August of 1989. Joel loved to fish, hunt, watch football and baseball and feed the deer...
Emma Teichroew
Dec 22, 2010
She was born on July 9, 1909, to John B. and Marie (Janzen) Harder of Mt. Lake, Minnesota, and was baptized on confession of faith in the Mt. Lake Mennoniten Kirchen, now First Mennonite Church, by Isaac J. Dick in 1928. She graduated from Mt. Lake Public High School in 1930, also having studied at the local German Preparatory...
Margaret Monsen
Dec 21, 2010
Margaret Monsen, age 94, of St. James died on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Margaret Monsen was born on February 22, 1916 and passed away on December 21, 2010. Her parents were Chris and Marie (Beck) Monsen. Margaret was baptized on March 10, 1916 at First Lutheran Church in St. James...
Earl Nimz
Dec 19, 2010
Earl Floyd Nimz, age 66, of St. James dies on Sunday, December 19, 2010, at Immanuel-St. Joseph's Hospital in Mankato. Earl Floyd Nimz was born on November 26, 1944 at Albert Lea, MN, to parents John and Velma (Wilds) Nimz. He loved the company of friends, and family. He enjoyed going fishing, doing word searches, playing computer games, scraping...
Rudolph Junker
Dec 17, 2010
Rudolph H. Junker was born on September 30, 1909 in Selma Township, Cottonwood County, MN to Henry and Fenna (Garrels) Junker. He attended country school in Cottonwood County. After school he stayed on the family farm and farmed until he married Agnes Duerksen on September 30, 1931. They moved to a farm near Darfur. In 1947 they moved to...
Eva Dallmann
Dec 16, 2010
Eva Jeanette Yackel was born October 9, 1924, to John and Maude (Perry) Yackel. She grew up on the farm near Lamberton and graduated from Lamberton High School. Eva was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church. She was the second oldest of 5 girls - Lavon, Cheryl, Ruth and Annette. She married Reuben Albert Dallmann on November 28,...
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